A cylinder head includes: a bottom wall portion; an outer circumferential wall portion defining inside thereof a space; a longitudinal wall portion extending to define, in the space, an intake side where an intake camshaft is disposed and an exhaust side where an exhaust camshaft is disposed; first lateral wall portions disposed on the intake side, on which first support portions are formed for supporting the intake camshaft thereon; second lateral wall portions disposed on the intake side, on which second support portions are formed for supporting the variable valve actuating units thereon; and third lateral wall portions disposed on the exhaust side, on which third support portions are formed for supporting the exhaust camshaft thereon. The second lateral wall portions are lower than the first lateral wall portions in a height direction from the bottom wall portion. The third lateral wall portions are higher than the second lateral wall portions in the height direction. A face of the bottom wall portion which is disposed on the exhaust side is higher than a face of the bottom wall portion which is disposed on the intake side, in the height direction.
1. A cylinder head, comprising:
a bottom wall portion, disposed on a side which faces a cylinder block to make a base portion;
an outer circumferential wall portion, erected from a circumference of the bottom wall portion, and defining inside thereof a space where an intake camshaft, an exhaust camshaft and variable valve actuating units adapted to vary actuation of intake valves are disposed;
a longitudinal wall portion, holding an injector for injecting fuel into an interior of a combustion chamber, and extending to define, inside of the outer circumferential wall portion, an intake side where the intake camshaft is disposed and an exhaust side where the exhaust camshaft is disposed, both ends of which are integrally formed with the outer circumferential wall portion;
first intake-side lateral wall portions, formed with intake camshaft support portions for supporting the intake camshaft thereon, which are arranged in the intake side, one ends of which are integrally formed with the longitudinal wall portion, and the other ends of which are integrally formed with a portion of the outer circumferential wall portion which confronts the longitudinal wall portion;
second intake-side lateral wall portions, formed with support portions for supporting the variable valve actuating units thereon, which are arranged in the intake side, one ends of which are integrally formed with the longitudinal wall portion, and the other ends of which are integrally formed with the portion of the outer circumferential wall portion which confronts the longitudinal wall portion; and
exhaust-side lateral wall portions, formed with exhaust camshaft support portions for supporting the exhaust camshaft thereon, which are arranged in the exhaust side, one ends of which are integrally formed with the longitudinal wall portion, and the other ends of which are integrally formed with a portion of the outer circumferential wall portion which confronts the longitudinal wall portion,
characterized in that
the second intake-side lateral wall portions are arranged alternately with the first intake-side lateral wall portions, and are lower than the first intake-side lateral wall portions in a height direction from the bottom wall portion,
the exhaust-side lateral wall portions are arranged between the first intake-side lateral wall portions, and are higher than the second intake-side lateral wall portions in the height direction from the bottom wall portion, and
an upper end face of the bottom wall portion, which is disposed on the exhaust side, is higher than an upper end face of the bottom wall portion, which is disposed on the intake side.
2. The cylinder head as set forth in claim 1 , characterized in that
the first intake-side lateral wall portions and the second intake-side lateral wall portions are arranged alternately at equal intervals and
the exhaust-side lateral wall portions are arranged at equal intervals.
3. The cylinder head as set forth in claim 1 , characterized in that
the second intake-side lateral wall and the exhaust-side lateral wall portions are arranged in a line.